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Fort Dunlop was a motorsport manufacturing operation located in a corner of the original Dunlop factory in Erdington, Birmingham, established in 1891 until May 2014. This factory produced specialised vintage, motorcycle and touring car tyres, and produced about 300,000 specialised racing tyres per year. On 30 May 2014, the Birmingham factory ...
Dunlop. Dunlop is a brand of tyre originally produced by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company from the end of the 19th century, taking its name from John Boyd Dunlop. The brand is used for many other products made from rubber or with rubber components and some with a looser connection to rubber. Ownership of the brand has become fragmented over ...
Jan 23, 2021 · Pneumatic Tires. Robert William Thomson (1822–1873) invented the first vulcanized rubber pneumatic (inflatable) tire. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845, and while his invention worked well, it was too costly to catch on. That changed with John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), a Scottish veterinarian and the recognized inventor of the ...
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John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to ...
Looking back, we’ve always looked forward. Our story began with a moment of innovation – when John Boyd Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1888. From that moment onwards, the Dunlop name has been associated with breakthroughs in car tyre technology – and the high performance that our customers expect.
Dec 23, 2013 · DUNLOP is one of the most iconic tire brands in the world. It was also a British multinational company, known as Dunlop Ltd. (formerly Dunlop Rubber), involved in manufacturing various natural rubber goods. Dunlop Ltd. was acquired by BRT plc in 1985 and then became a brand operated by different companies worldwide.
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1887. The pneumatic tyre is born. John Boyd Dunlop, a Scotsman had no idea that child’s play would help revolutionise transport as we know it and laid the foundation for one of the world’s most iconic brands - Dunlop. His son complained that his solid tyre tricycle was uncomfortable and jerked as he rode along the stony streets.
